Annie Leibovitz

What would it be like for a professional photographer to take the photo of Annie Leibovitz? Scary and maybe suicidal for your career. I have always loved her photos and have rapidly checked out any photography books of hers I came across in the library (this was even before I had any interest in photography) I follow Tombo's blog and he had a link to the photographers blog who took her photo(s). I like the photo shown. He did a good job.